Nigeria, July 21 -- The legal team of Nnamdi Kanu has threatened legal action against a man, Chigozie Nnabugwu, who called on the Nigerian government to kill Mr Kanu as the only remedy to restore peace in the South-east.

Aloy Ejimakor, the special counsel to Mr Kanu, disclosed this in a statement which he posted on his X handle on Tuesday.

Mr Kanu is the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and currently serving his life imprisonment in Sokoto prison following his conviction in November last year.

He has, however, filed an appeal against his conviction before the Court of Appeal in Abuja.

IPOB, a group seeking secession of the South-east and South-south from Nigeria, has been linked to some deadly attacks in the t...